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At 10/1/12 04:05 PM, Step wrote: IN ALL SERIOUSNESS.

At 10/1/12 03:15 PM, Lachi wrote: Thanks. I guess I just need more experience and practice to get nice tunes.
Come on, Crying Soul has a very good flow!

It's not hard to achieve a good flow when you keep the same chord progression going for the whole song and make literally everything rely on it.

Find what works best for you. For me, it's doodling on the piano or in FL until I come up with a melody, and then adding chords under it. Just avoid generic chord progressions please, or if you do use them, then be creative with them and don't make your melody sound forced just to make it fit with the chords.

Thank you for the answer.
I *can* play the keyboard (I have an old MIDI keyboard), but I can't play at a tempo of 140 a quarter note. I usually slow down everything or just record a basic pattern of notes, or a catchy motif if I find one. THEN I start to edit it on piano roll.

I know everyone has its own style of writing, the fact is: I don't know if mine is good.

Thanks again ^^

At 10/1/12 03:05 PM, Buoy wrote:

At 10/1/12 02:43 PM, Lachi wrote: Anyway, it isn't that easy. Sometimes doing the melody first it's better, sometimes is better fitting a melody into an existing good chord progression...

But really though. Each of the three songs in the link has that exact chord progression and a main melody that depends heavily upon it.

Thanks. I guess I just need more experience and practice to get nice tunes.
Come on, Crying Soul has a very good flow!

At 10/1/12 01:38 PM, Buoy wrote: BUOY'S 2 STEP GUIDE TO MAKING TRACKS LIKE THE ONES ABOVE:
1. Do a I-IV-iv-V chord progression (like C - F - Am - G) and then write a really fucking banal melody that follows those chords.
2. feel terrible about yourself for making bland and awful music.

Remember: there is no bad music, just bad tastes.
Anyway, it isn't that easy. Sometimes doing the melody first it's better, sometimes is better fitting a melody into an existing good chord progression...

Lol for the answer anyway

http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/29600
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/38426

http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/440640

And basically all the songs from Splash, Raaban Inc., Boosterz Inc., all these guys active back in the days. Also a lot of guys here on NG do a lot of tracks in this style.

In these types of song (a mix from hands up, dance and trance?) the main melody is the most important part of the song. Try to listen to Distorted reality: basically there are the melody, the chords, the bells and the bass. And the track still kicks asses!

I know music theory: chords, major and minor scales, dominant and tonic relationship, etc.

What I want to know (and I know it's not easy and can't be explained): how these guys made their melodies? In this type of music, the tempo is usually around 140. The melodies are very powerful, even if you listen them alone. And when you hear the first two notes of the song: ring!, you just remember the song easily. I've even got some MIDIs floating around.

TL;DR: catchy and powerful melodies in dance hands up trance style, any hints?

^ as the guy said, pretty good ambient track you have there.

To Noja: some tracks are good for being loops. The quality isn't the best btw; probably the best is Perfect circles, whilst the worst being the Ring of doom; too low maybe? dunno.

Sup guys.

Newgrounds has been in my favourites bar for almost six years, now it's time to join.
Here's a crap track I made in seven hours.

Link
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/505215?updated=1